§ Mr. Ian StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on consultation on the Communications Reform White Paper. [120179]
§ Mr. Chris SmithMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and I encourage anyone with ideas or thoughts on the substance of the White Paper to submit them to us, either in writing or via our e-mail address, consultation@communicationswhitepaper.gov.uk, by 23 June 2000.
Unless contributors make it clear that they do not want their contributions to be published, we intend to place most of the material submitted to us on our website. We hope that this will generate further comment and debate as we prepare the main messages of the White Paper.